:Frank Barnaby

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{{short description|British nuclear physicist}}

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Charles Frank Barnaby{{citation|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/barnaby.pdf|title=Expert opinion of Frank Charles Barnaby in the matter of Mordechai Vanunu|author=Frank Barnaby|date=14 June 2004|access-date=2007-12-16}} (27 September 1927 – 1 August 2020){{cite web |url=http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/entry.html?id=sl2170025 |title=BARNABY Frank BSc, MSc, PhD |publisher=Routledge |work=World Who's Who |access-date=28 August 2019}} was an English nuclear physicist who served as the Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research Group, a freelance defence analyst, and a prolific author on military technology. He was based in the United Kingdom.[http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/about_us/staff.php Oxford Research Group: Staff and consultants] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113151528/http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/about_us/staff.php |date=2008-01-13 }}

He was born in Andover, Hampshire, and was educated at Andover Grammar School and the University of London.

Barnaby trained as a nuclear physicist and worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, between 1951 and 1957. He was on the senior scientific staff of the Medical Research Council (UK) when a university lecturer at University College London (1957–1967).

Barnaby was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1971 to 1981. In 1981, Barnaby became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.{{cite web | title = About Us | publisher = World Cultural Council | url = http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/about-us/ | access-date = November 8, 2016}} He was a professor at the VU University Amsterdam 1981–85, and awarded the Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations at the University of Minnesota in 1985. He also served as the Executive Secretary of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.{{cite web |url=http://activity.scar.gmu.edu/parents-of-field/frank-barnaby |title=Frank Barnaby - Parent of the Field |publisher=George Mason University |access-date=28 August 2019 |date=2016-06-02 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828102902/http://activity.scar.gmu.edu/parents-of-field/frank-barnaby |url-status=dead }}

He was married and has a son and a daughter.

He died on 1 August 2020 at the age of 92.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/news/professor-frank-barnaby-1927-2020 |title=Obituary: Professor Frank Barnaby 1927-2020 |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821192759/https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/news/professor-frank-barnaby-1927-2020 |url-status=dead }}